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According to a new survey from CouponCabin.com, there's some truth to the theory that the order you're born in influences your financial behavior. If you're born first, in the middle or last, your financial destiny may be set before you know the difference between a dime and a dollar.

Birth order theorist Alfred Adler said first borns are likely to be power-hungry conservatives that are highly responsible and organized. Why? They've been expected to lead from the outset.

The CouponCabin survey jives with those findings when it comes to overall financial responsibility. The survey found that 87 percent of first borns said they consider themselves extremely/very/fairly financially responsible. This was a bit smaller than middle borns, with 88 percent saying that they consider themselves extremely/very/fairly financially responsible. The last borns came in at 85 percent.

As for risk taking, the later borns, including middle and last borns, according to Adler are typically most game for new experiences. In contrast, only children, who in theory share many characteristics with first borns, reported the highest instance of taking financial risks at least sometimes, 39 percent, such as borrowing for short-term investments, or investing in risky ventures. Hot on their heels were the first borns at 38 percent and then middle kids, 36 percent and last borns, 35 percent.